Route Reliability
San Francisco → Dallas
SFO–DAL · 1,476 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Dallas Love Field
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 23%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 56 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 88
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 23% of the time across 88 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
SFO–DAL flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 29% of the time, versus 13% between 12–3 PM.
Tuesdays have been rough.
SFO–DAL flights arrived on time 31% of the time on Fridays and just 9% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon25%(12 flights)
- Tue9%(11 flights)
- Wed17%(12 flights)
- Thu23%(13 flights)
- Fri31%(13 flights)
- Sat31%(13 flights)
- Sun23%(13 flights)
- 12–3 PM13%(32 flights)
- 3–6 PM29%(55 flights)
13%
May
Mar 37% → May 13% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 37% | 27 |
| April 2026 | 21% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 13% | 31 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 88 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.